Boeing may get go-ahead for 787 test flights: WSJ

SarahTurner

SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Boeing Co.
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which has been dogged in recent weeks by technical problems that have led to the grounding of its 787 Dreamliner plane in the U.S., may receive permission to conduct test flights within the next few days, according to a Wall Street Journal report late Monday. U.S. aviation regulators are leaning toward approving test flights, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. The test flights are intended to recreate conditions to help explain why battery systems on two Japanese-owned Dreamliner planes malfunctioned in January, according to the report.

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